Fender Musical Instruments Corporation of Scottsdale, Arizona is a manufacturer of stringed instruments, such as solid-body electric guitars, including the Stratocaster and Telecaster. The company, previously named the Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company, was founded in Fullerton, California, by Clarence Leonidas Fender in 1946. Leo Fender also designed one of the first and most commercially successful solid-body electric bass, the Precision Bass, which has become known in rock, jazz, country, funk, and other types of music.